Gawsworth 2021
Data released by the ONS from the 2021 Census helps paint a picture of our community.
1700 people live in Gawsworth (one less than in 2011) across 740 households. Gawsworth is a notably older population and we are rather different from the national average in several respects.
The census is undertaken by the Office for National Statistics every 10 years and gives a picture of all the people and households in England and Wales. This detailed snapshot of our society helps the government, local authorities and a wide range of people and organisations to do their work and to plan and fund local services. All information is anonymised and the actual census records are kept secure for 100 years after which we can all use old census records for researching our family history.
Perhaps linked with our older age profile more of us than the national average are married or in a registered civil partnership, 59.5% v 44.7%, and only 13.7% of us are students compared with 20.4% nationally. More of us in Gawsworth own their homes outright (57.3% v 32.5%) and Gawsworth has more two person households yet we have more 4 bedroom and fewer 1 and 2 bedroom homes than the national norm.
Rather more of us work from home or drive to work than nationally but 47.3% of us are economically inactive compared with the national average of just 39.1%, but only 0.7% of us are ‘unemployed’ (compared with 3.5% nationally). We do seem comparatively rather ‘well off’ with many more 2, 3 or more car households.
We are not a very ethnically diverse community with 98.1% (compared with 81% nationally) being white. Almost two-thirds of residents are Christian (62.2% vs 46.3% nationally) and just under one-third hold no religion (31.2% vs 36.7% nationally). No one reporting they were Hindu, Jewish or Muslim.
We also have fewer non-UK passport holders and fewer residents born outside the UK.
You can view the full profile of Gawsworth residents here: Gawsworth Census Profile or you can explore the national data on the 2021 census website